His Supplication upon Hearing Thunder

His Supplication when he Looked upon Clouds and Lightning and Heard the Sound of Thunder 1- O God, these are two of Thy signsand these are two of Thy helpers. They rush to obey Theewith beneficial mercyor injurious vengeance, so rain not down upon us from themthe evil rain1and clothe us not through themin the garment of affliction! 2- O God, bless Muhammad and his Household, send down upon us the benefit of these cloudsand their blessing, turn away from us their harm and their injury, strike us not through them with blight, and loose not upon our livelihoods any bane! 3- O God, if Thou hast incited them as vengeanceand loosed them in anger, we seek sanctuary with Thee from Thy wrathand implore Thee in asking Thy pardon! So incline with wrath toward the idolatersand set the millstone of Thy vengeanceturning upon the heretics! 2 4- O God, take away the barrenness of our landswith Thy watering, dislodge the malice from our breastswith Thy providing, distract us not from Thee through other than Thee, and cut none of us offfrom the stuff of Thy goodness, for the rich is he to whom Thou hast given riches, and the safe he whom Thou hast protected! 5- No one has any defense against Thee, nor any means to bar Thy penalty. Thou decidest what Thou wilt for whom Thou wiltand Thou decreest what Thou desirestfor any whom Thou desirest! 6- So to Thee belongs praise for protecting us from afflictionand to Thee belongs thanks for conferring upon us blessings, a praise which will leave behind the praise of the praisers, a praise which will fill the earth and the heaven! 7- Surely Thou art the All-kind through immense kindnesses, the Giver of abounding favours, the Accepter of small praise, the Grateful for little gratitude, the Beneficent, the Benevolent, Possessor of graciousness! There is no god but Thou; unto Thee is the homecoming. 3